# NTSB ERA24LA173: Cessna 152, N6300Q, Pembroke Pines, FL, March 14, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: March 14, 2024, 10:38 local (14:38 UTC)
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL · 10 NM West of North Perry Airport
- Coordinates: 26, -80.43 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0000&lon=-80.4300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194064
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA24LA173
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194064/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194064
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA173

## Probable cause

An inflight collision with a bird while approaching the destination airport.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Object/animal/substance: animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Ability to respond/compensate (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 358 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance: animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment; cases with it: [Cessna 152, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 358 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 152, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901/sequence.md?model=2071835), [All aircraft, 253 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The student pilot was on the last leg of a solo, cross-country flight. About 10 miles west of his destination airport, he encountered a flock of birds. While attempting to evade the flock, a large bird struck the right wing leading edge, resulting in substantial damage to the airframe. The pilot was able to continue to his destination and land uneventfully with the bird lodged in the wing.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6300Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6300Q), registered now, S/N 15285225, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285225
- Year built: 1981
- Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 hp reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: American Flight Training, doing business as Wayman Aviation Academy
- Registered owner: Delaware Trust Co Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: IMM, Immoklee, FL
- Destination: HWO, Pembroke Pines, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 20; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 96 total, 95 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 63 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.13 inHg
- Observed at: KHWO, 10 nm away
- METAR: METAR KHWO 141453Z 10SM FEW028 26/19 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP203 T02560194 51014

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20240314002499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240314002499A), Mar 14, 2024: Cessna 152, Hollywood, FL, Substantial damage. Aircraft C152 from kinn to khwo on cross country with student 10 miles from destination airport tried maneuverig away from a flock of birds. One bird struck…

## Other investigations on N6300Q (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN15CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA121), Jan 22, 2015: Cessna 152 (N6300Q), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper landing technique which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent nose landing gear collapse.
- [NTSB CEN09LA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA168), Feb 14, 2009: Cessna 152 (N6300Q), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing.

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 21, 2024, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194064. 3.7 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 2.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17174741&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=1%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- NTSB mor - interview with FAA inspector (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17174304&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=2%20NTSB%20MOR%20Interview%20with%20FAA%20Inspector-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photographs (item 3, PDF, 5 pages, 870 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17174875&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=3%20Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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